Gifted with a unique sensitivity and artistic maturity, Arielle Beck is a 17-year-old Paris-born pianist who has already performed on prestigious stages, both in recital and as a soloist with orchestra. In 2023, she debuted at the Piano Festival La Roque d’Anthéron. A year later, her recital at the KKL Lucerne, part of Le Piano Symphonique Festival, was livestreamed on Medici.tv, and in 2025 she had her debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in a solo recital featuring Schumann, Schubert and Mendelssohn, also available on Medici.tv.
This season, she was invited by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 in London. She also debuted with Sinfonia Varsovia and returned to Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire playing the Schumann Concerto. In Asia, she has performed with the Tokyo City Philharmonic and the Bucheon Philharmonic. She returns to Japan this spring to debut with the Osaka Philharmonic and give a solo recital and chamber music concerts in Tokyo. In France, she continues to be invited regularly to some of the most prestigious series and festivals. Next season, she returns to Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with a solo program of Beethoven, Prokofiev and Liszt.
Trained in Paris by Igor Lazko, Arielle Beck is currently a student in the class of Claire Désert and Romano Pallottini at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, about to complete her bachelor’s degree. Since the age of nine, she has also been mentored by Stephen Kovacevich. She has received support and mentorship from Martha Argerich and Murray Perahia.
Her prodigious talent was recognized with First Grand Prize at the 2018 International Young Chopin Competition, and in 2024 she received the 20th Elba Festival Prize, awarded each year to a young talent. She is the winner of the 2026 Révélations des Victoires de la Musique Classique, the youngest-ever pianist to be awarded the prize. She performed Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-major live on national television during the ceremony.
Arielle Beck recorded her first album in 2025 for Mirare Productions. It features Humoreske op. 20 by Schumann, 8 Klavierstücke op. 76 by Brahms and her own composition, Variations on a theme by R. Schumann. Jed Distler reviewed the disc for the Gramophone Magazine: “Some of the dense polyrhythmic gestures made me think of what would have happened if Leopold Godowsky and Frederic Rzewski had a baby, with Ronald Stevenson as the midwife […] So who wrote this engagingly creative and resourceful variation set? None other than Arielle Beck herself! Oh, I forgot to mention that this gifted musician was born in 2009, and recorded this album at the age of 15. She’s the real thing.”
